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borrowing

[bor-oh-ing, bawr-] / ˈbɒr oʊ ɪŋ, ˈbɔr- /
NOUN
appropriating
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
loaning


Example Sentences

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So too did borrowing costs, petrol prices, and mortgage rates.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Still, unlike Iran, Qatar and Kuwait sit on sovereign-wealth funds worth several years of their GDPs, and can afford to ride out the crisis just by borrowing against their holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

He had stressed the need to lower borrowing costs to aid a deteriorating jobs market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Money markets are reacting to hopes of a long-term truce in the war so the recent rapid rise in borrowing costs has halted and is now starting to reverse.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

This was doubly puzzling, as I did not think he read Arabic; nor, to my knowledge, did he have borrowing privileges at the Williams College Library.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt